Hollie Janson Schmidt

About Hollie Janson Schmidt

Hollie Janson Schmidt is the National Director for the Advisory Solutions - Planning Practice at Jacobs. She provides consulting and advisory solutions to all markets with a focus on Federal, Defense Contracting, Advanced Facilities and Environmental. She manages a world-class Planning Practice which serves as a portal into Jacobs’ vast technical services for logical, defendable, and fundable solutions. In Hollie’s role, she represents core capabilities providing:• Visioning + Strategy Development • Strategic + Master Planning (Military, Industrial, Corporate/Commercial, Manufacturing, Transportation, Environmental, etc.)• Real Estate Portfolio Management• Facility Programming, Space Optimization + Requirements Analysis• Urban Design + Landscape Architecture• Site Selection + Comparative Analysis• Business Case AnalysisIn her 30 years of practice, Hollie has honed an integrated planning and delivery approach, with a particular focus on large-scale, complex projects. She is a consultant who leads large, diverse teams of planners, designers and the full spectrum of technical experts to collaborate with decision-making leaders to develop actionable solutions. Hollie is known for an integrated delivery approach, building interdisciplinary A Teams and knows how to bridge the gap between ambition and action. She has led large teams across the natural and man-made environments from small scale to multi-billion-dollar programs.Hollie integrates resilient and sustainable solutions into her sales and delivery approach. She addresses climate response while holistically considering the physical, human, and business environments. She is a SME for disaster readiness solutions for preparedness, response, recovery and rebuild. With a strong foundation in facilitation, coordination, communication, and problem solving, Hollie has a long history of successfully leading complex, mega-projects for clients with large real estate and facility holdings. She is a fierce advocate for her teams and prides herself in her ability to lead large groups of SME’s in demanding environments. She promotes solutions through extremely compelling business cases focused on life-cycle analysis, ROI and non-financial benefits such as wellness, equity, revitalization, environmental/community impacts and brand enhancement.Hollie also owns SKy Developers https://skydevelopers.blue/ where our vision is to acquire land along pristine habitats and waterways for highly sustainable, eco-space development and maximum environmental, social and cultural benefits.

Experience

1. National Director Advisory Solutions - Planning

   Jacobs

   Mar 2025 — Present

   National Director of a world-class Planning Practice focused on Advisory, Planning and Programming Solutions for the Federal and Environmental Markets at Jacobs.

Education

• University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  BLA, Landscape Architecture

  1991 — 1995